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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Droichead na Banndan (roll number 5257)

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Bandon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
An tSr. Pádraig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0314, Page 157

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    on horse-back late one day. He travelled along till he came to what he thought was a pole, or a tree, but it was the top of a chimney. He tied his horse to the chimney, and fell fast asleep on the snow.
    The snow melted very quickly, and next day he was found on the ground and the horse was hanging from the chimney. He wondered very much at what had happened.
    Other stories also indicate how high the snow was, when men fell down chimneys by making a mistake thinking they were holes in the ground.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Joan O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Skeaf, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    88
    Address
    Skeaf, Co. Cork